Your food, your future?
"The times they are a changing", truer words could not have been spoken in the song by Bob Dylan in 1964. Today it's a different world. It's an ever growing competitive and demanding world at that.
Our current means of obtaining food and feeding our families could someday be in jeopardy. We need to learn and prepare for the potential new reality. Most Americans eat from a box or a can. We nuke our foods and call it a home cooked meal. We eat on the run and at fast food outlets too often. I say we invest some time and learn to work the earth. Work it, care for it and begin feeding yourself and your loved ones better healthier food.
Today more than ever food manufactures are making packages smaller and prices higher. Many people are saying that food costs are skyrocketing and that things are only going to get worse. Higher prices are the result of higher fuel costs, transportation costs, manufacturing cost etc. Since profit is the driving force and demand continues to climb, the picture is getting uglier.
Do you agree that, we are less healthy as a society because we eat out of a box on a shelf?
Now you might shop at the organic market, well I am not convinced that "Organic “always means it's really pesticide free. For me it's organic if I grew it and I know what I sprayed on it, fertilized it with etc.
What if you could grow your own food and it was cost effective for you?
Here's an example: Three months ago I planted heirloom eggplant seedlings. Cost $2.49 cents for 12 seeds. Today I have harvested over 15 eggplants from just two full grown plants about three feet in height and four foot wide. I am doing it 100% organically in a Geo Planter. My friends can't believe how big and tasty our eggplants are. The same is true of tomatoes and other vegetables like beans.
We all may not be able to grow our food for several reasons. Our busy schedule, we live in apartments, we have no clue how to grow or maybe we just hate the idea of exercise, perspiration and dirty finger nails.
Now for those that can't seem to justify building raised beds, and all the expense and labor involved, we have a real solution. Why not pick up some of our Geopots or Geoplanters and make it all cost effective and really easy?
If you are one that prefers to let others grow your food, then here is a suggestion.
Join a CSA group (Community Supported Agriculture). A CSA teams up and buys in bulk from local farmers and the members take shares of food.
Or you could actually grow as much as you like yourself. My family grows some of our food in our backyard. We have set aside an area that is 30 feet x 4 feet and we use Geopots and Geoplanters to grow tomatoes, corn, pumpkin, herbs and much more. You can do the same. Enjoy eggplant, Broccoli, strawberries and more. You can grow organically and never have to spray a synthetic pesticide. The difference in quality, taste and yield is magnificent. No need to break your back or get heavy equipment. You need no fossil fuels either. While you think about the vegetable garden, don't forget all the amazing nutritionally rich fruits you can grow as well.
Why not take control and begin to grow your own food?
Do it because it is healthier for you in so many ways. Do it to get some exercise, spend quality time with family, save money and learn that you can be self sufficient.
The world is a complicated place; you can choose to make it simple. Just get going and do it!
Peace,
Jason "Pepe"
Pepe's Plants
"The times they are a changing", truer words could not have been spoken in the song by Bob Dylan in 1964. Today it's a different world. It's an ever growing competitive and demanding world at that.
Our current means of obtaining food and feeding our families could someday be in jeopardy. We need to learn and prepare for the potential new reality. Most Americans eat from a box or a can. We nuke our foods and call it a home cooked meal. We eat on the run and at fast food outlets too often. I say we invest some time and learn to work the earth. Work it, care for it and begin feeding yourself and your loved ones better healthier food.
Today more than ever food manufactures are making packages smaller and prices higher. Many people are saying that food costs are skyrocketing and that things are only going to get worse. Higher prices are the result of higher fuel costs, transportation costs, manufacturing cost etc. Since profit is the driving force and demand continues to climb, the picture is getting uglier.
Do you agree that, we are less healthy as a society because we eat out of a box on a shelf?
Now you might shop at the organic market, well I am not convinced that "Organic “always means it's really pesticide free. For me it's organic if I grew it and I know what I sprayed on it, fertilized it with etc.
What if you could grow your own food and it was cost effective for you?
Here's an example: Three months ago I planted heirloom eggplant seedlings. Cost $2.49 cents for 12 seeds. Today I have harvested over 15 eggplants from just two full grown plants about three feet in height and four foot wide. I am doing it 100% organically in a Geo Planter. My friends can't believe how big and tasty our eggplants are. The same is true of tomatoes and other vegetables like beans.
We all may not be able to grow our food for several reasons. Our busy schedule, we live in apartments, we have no clue how to grow or maybe we just hate the idea of exercise, perspiration and dirty finger nails.
Now for those that can't seem to justify building raised beds, and all the expense and labor involved, we have a real solution. Why not pick up some of our Geopots or Geoplanters and make it all cost effective and really easy?
If you are one that prefers to let others grow your food, then here is a suggestion.
Join a CSA group (Community Supported Agriculture). A CSA teams up and buys in bulk from local farmers and the members take shares of food.
Or you could actually grow as much as you like yourself. My family grows some of our food in our backyard. We have set aside an area that is 30 feet x 4 feet and we use Geopots and Geoplanters to grow tomatoes, corn, pumpkin, herbs and much more. You can do the same. Enjoy eggplant, Broccoli, strawberries and more. You can grow organically and never have to spray a synthetic pesticide. The difference in quality, taste and yield is magnificent. No need to break your back or get heavy equipment. You need no fossil fuels either. While you think about the vegetable garden, don't forget all the amazing nutritionally rich fruits you can grow as well.
Why not take control and begin to grow your own food?
Do it because it is healthier for you in so many ways. Do it to get some exercise, spend quality time with family, save money and learn that you can be self sufficient.
The world is a complicated place; you can choose to make it simple. Just get going and do it!
Peace,
Jason "Pepe"
Pepe's Plants
